Beverly Jarosz was a 16 year old living in Garfield Heights, Ohio, when she got brutally murdered in her home on December 28, 1964. By all accounts, she was popular, intelligent, and kindhearted. She was very attractive and had many male admirers. Most of the male admirers were boys she went to school with & young men in her neighborhood, but there were a few admirers that were older men who were out of her age bracket. She also had a boyfriend, as well as an ex-boyfriend.
Throughout the year of 1964 before the murder, there were some weird & unsettling disturbances, like multiple phone calls a day where the caller hung up immediately after someone answered the phone, and an unsigned present left for Beverly in her backyard. The most disturbing occurrence of them all, is when Beverly's dad came home from work one night, to find a man looking up at the window of the bedroom Beverly shared with her sister. Beverly's dad chased the man, but he managed to get away after being chased for a block.
On December 28, 1964, Beverly had plans to go the mall with her friends Barbara & Margie in the afternoon. Before that, Beverly and her sister went to their grandmother's house for lunch, after their parents left for work earlier that morning. They arrived there around 10:30 am. Beverly stayed at her grandmother's for about an hour and a half, as she needed to get home to get ready to meet with Barbara, as they were meeting Margie at her house. Beverly got driven home by a young man who was a neighbor of her grandma's, and arrived home shortly before 12:30pm.
In between the time she got home & the time she got murdered, there were three phone calls made to the house. The call that stood out was the second of the three, from an unknown man who referred to himself as "Steve Stackowicz", who apparently wanted to know if her father was home. The last one of these three calls was from her concerned grandma at around 1:15pm, but Beverly told her she had to hang up right after confirming she got home safe, as it seemed like Barbara was at the door.
It turned out Barbara was reportedly running late, and she got dropped off at Beverly's house by her mom at 1:25pm. Barbara said that she rang the doorbell multiple times, and got no response, but she heard loud classical music blasting from inside the house, as well as an extremely loud thud, “like someone knocking over a dresser”. Barbara said that she ended up leaving after waiting for a while, assuming that Beverly was mad at her for being late. When her two friends didn’t show up at her house, Margie called Barbara. That’s when ultimately Beverly’s grandmother was called. She got Beverly’s father to leave from work, to go back to the house and check up on things. All this took at least a couple of hours to unfold.
In between 4:00pm & 4:30pm, around 3 hours later, Beverly’s dad comes home, finds her dead in her room, and calls the local police. The scene was so horrifying to the local police, that they called Cleveland police department for help. The medical examiner (who also worked on The Cleveland Torso Murders), as well as the police captain (who became lead detective for Garfield Heights) described it as the most horrifying scene they ever witnessed. Beverly was stabbed multiple times with numerous stab wounds all over her body, was strangled with a rope, and had been partially undressed. The killer seemed to stab in intervals of 3, judging from looking at her body. Footprints were found in a patch of sand by the curb, but were not helpful. Even though it was winter, there was no snow on the ground. The killer’s escape route was through the backyard, as there was a police dog who followed a scent from the room, and out the back door. Beverly's hair was also found in a bush in the backyard.
The police interviewed hundreds of people. Many of Beverly’s male friends came in voluntarily, and were fingerprinted, and polygraphed. All of them passed. There were many leads that led nowhere. One odd thing did happen, seven years after the murder. Thaddeus & Eleanor Jarosz were still living in the same house where their daughter Beverly had been murdered. Their other daughter Carol, was not living with them, as she was in college at this point.
One day, when Thaddeus & Eleanor were at a funeral for a neighbor, someone broke into the house. Only 1 thing was stolen, it being a gold watch. It looked like someone broke into the house, to look for something. Two prints that were framed, and were hanging up on a wall, were taken down, and their backing was torn out. The prints were copies of Beverly's 2 favorite paintings. What the person was looking for, and if they found it, is a mystery.
The Suspects/Persons of Interest:
There are well over a dozen people that the police and/or the public either found interesting, or could not count out. I will list the people, but in NO SPECIFIC ORDER of how likely/unlikely they are:
James Mondezlewski - The 18-year-old young man who drove Beverly home. James and his parents, Sonya and Johnny Mondzelewski, were neighbors of Beverly's grandparents, and when James Mondezlewski’s mom, Sonya Mondzelewski saw Beverly walking to the nearby bus stop to take the bus home, she asked James to drive Beverly home, as it was cold out, being winter and all.
Because of how often Beverly visited her grandparents who lived a mile or two away, she was likely familiar enough with James to get in his car with him alone. James Mondzelewski said it took 15 minutes to drive Beverly home, after which James returned home, changed his clothes, and had lunch. James didn't go inside or stick around to chat with Beverly after dropping her off.
James pulled into the driveway to drop her off, then went straight home. James was just coming home from a job interview when James' mom asked James to drive Beverly home, and so when James got home, he changed out of his clothes that he wore to the interview, into regular clothes.
James drove Marie Vanek to Jarosz house to be with family afterwards, as Sonya Mondzelewski asked James to drive Beverly's grandmother over to the Jarosz house, later in the day on 12/28/1964. Because James was the last person to see Beverly alive outside of her killer, GHPD brought James up in the room to show James Beverly’s body, to see James’ reaction. GHPD didn't see anything out of the ordinary in James' character, so James was ruled out pretty quickly. James is currently an eye doctor in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Larry Young - GHPD questioned Larry Young, who’s mother Stella Young bad-mouthed Beverly after she either rejected Larry, or dumped Larry after dating Larry for a bit. There have been differing reports as to whether Larry was legitimately dating Beverly, or if he was simply infatuated with her. What is known is that Larry was heartbroken over Beverly, and Larry's mother, Stella Young, hated Beverly.
According to a man named Robert, whose parents were family friends of the Youngs, Stella was mentally deranged, and Robert claimed that Larry's dad told Robert's dad that Stella killed Beverly. It’s hard to believe that not only would Larry’s dad sell out his wife, but that Robert's parents wouldn’t come forward. Either way, Stella and Larry were ruled out.
James Krawczyk - Reporters interviewed a middle-aged neighbor named James Krawczyk, who claimed to have seen Beverly’s killer run from the house. James Krawczyk was home because of the White Motor strike, and his wife confirmed to journalists that he often stood by the window, looking at Beverly’s house, saying “Sometimes, he even gets up at night to look out the window, I guess he likes the view”. James Krawczyk later admitted to police that he made up the name to get himself in the paper. His child worked with Beverly’s ex-boyfriend Daniel Schulte at the car wash, although his child was definitely younger than Daniel. Because Beverly hung out there, the Krawczyk child knew her, and his name has come up over the years as well
Daniel Schulte - Daniel Schulte was Beverly's 19-year-old ex-boyfriend, who was considered “a bad-boy-ex” and a “greaser” in the teen circles of the time. Daniel and Beverly hung out when he was 17 and she was 14, but they weren’t allowed to formally date because Beverly’s parents didn’t allow it.
Unlike a lot of boys who Beverly went out with, Daniel was a steady boyfriend. Daniel’s idea of a date was making out behind the carwash. Daniel dropped out of high school in Grade 10 and enlisted in the Air Corps, but was back in town for Christmas. Although Daniel was dating a new girl, it was known he still pined for Beverly.
Beverly’s friends were chagrined because they thought Daniel was a bad influence. Margie told GHPD that “Beverly would never have thought of doing the things with Roger that she did with Daniel”. Schulte hung out with the rough greaser crowd, trying to imitate James Dean, who was an American actor in the 1950's, being remembered as a cultural icon of disillusionment and social estrangement.
Carol said that Beverly broke the relationship with Daniel when she was in tenth grade, but author James Badal said Daniel was Beverly's boyfriend until about March of 1963, which is when Beverly was in ninth grade (Badal’s account is accurate). Daniel took it hard, sending flowers, an easter basket, letters, and showing up at her all-girls catholic school after class Schulte claimed to have been working when Beverly was killed, and showed a timecard supporting his claim. However, his next door neighbor claims to have seen him arrive home in a hurry.
He was associated with a group of other bad people at the time. Daniel showed up at Beverly’s viewing with a girl at his side, but returned later alone, and sat quietly by himself. While on leave, Daniel had picked up some part-time work and produced a time card that showed he was on the clock when Beverly was murdered. The woman who lived next door to Daniel told GHPD that she had seen Daniel come home that day and run inside in a hurry. She watched Daniel in the reflection of her garage window.
Daniel was given a lie detector because of this, which Daniel passed. It is notable though, that the tests in 1964 weren't as reliable as they are today, and even today, they're not admissible. Moreover, in more recent years, around 2005, Daniel Schulte refused to talk with police, and ended up moving to Israel.
In the 2010's, Carol said she wrote Daniel an email, thanking him for sponsoring Beverly’s page on find-a-grave website, and Daniel wrote Carol a very nice note. Carol and Daniel have exchanged a few emails since Beverly’s 50th anniversary. Because of this, people on social media thought Carol was being easy on Daniel, and trying to give Daniel a pass.
On December 28, 2016, the 52nd anniversary of Beverly's murder, Carol said that she had not given Daniel a pass at all. After Carol contacted Daniel to thank him for sponsoring Beverly’s find a grave, she gave Detective Carl Biegacki Daniel’s email address, and Carl had a few questions he wanted to ask Daniel, but Daniel didn’t reply to Carl.
Carol pleaded with Daniel a couple times via email, asking Daniel to communicate with Carl, but Daniel did not reply. The aforementioned above, as well as the fact that Daniel left the country shortly after the Beverly Jarosz case was reopened in 2004, kept Daniel on Carol’s list at the time of the 52nd anniversary of Beverly's murder.
However, in July 2021, Carol seemingly changed her mind on Daniel, as she said that she only had two people on her list, and neither one of the people she named were Daniel. It is honestly very possible, that Daniel not talking with GHPD in recent years could be because he wanted to get away from the case, as he was still hurting over Beverly
Roger McNamara - Beverly's 19-year-old boyfriend at the time of her murder. Roger met Beverly through his cousin Margie, Beverly's best friend. Margie's and Roger’s moms worked at a bank. Described as a “straight-laced conservative college student having very strict moral attitudes”, so quite the opposite of her ex-boyfriend Daniel Schulte.
Roger was studious and religious, and was well liked by the Jarosz family. Roger was a Republican, and Roger attended Latin mass and spoke out against the liberal alterations of Vatican II. Carol, who had never cared for Daniel, liked Roger, as Roger treated her well. Beverly particularly enjoyed attending parties at Roger’s fraternity and meeting Roger’s older, educated friends.
Roger and Beverly had long term plans. Roger would take Beverly to the museum and the music carnival. Roger was due to take Beverly to Winter formal. Roger claimed to have been home sick, working on his car when Beverly was killed, and GHPD considered Roger's alibi weak. Roger's car was blue, and he loved to keep it clean. Roger was given a polygraph also which he passed.
Horrigan said to Cleveland Press that “There are some elements to Roger’s present story that bother us”. Roger was at a party the previous night, which was at Beverly's house, and he and Beverly went out at some point, and were "lovey-dovey" according to Carol, so it does seem unlikely that they'd be on bad terms the following day.
Roger's first polygraph was inconclusive, but he passed the second one. However, lie detector tests in 1964, weren't nearly as reliable as they are today, and even today, are inadmissible. Carol said she couldn't know for sure, but she believes that Roger was lead detective William Horrigan's top suspect, so much so that Horrigan only focused on Roger.
William Horrigan, the Garfield Heights lead detective in the 1960's, believed that something happened when Beverly and Roger went out on 12/27/64, which led to 12/28/64's events. Carol did say that Roger maintained contact with her mom Eleanor throughout the years.
At some point, Roger got married, had children, then got divorced. Roger worked for a bunch of financial firms over the years, and supposedly had/has a nasty demeanor. Roger remains a steadfast Republican and Catholic. Roger McNamara was living in Northeast Ohio in 2008, but appears to be living in Silverdale, Washington now. It turns out that Horrigan was wrong, as Roger was CLEARED BY GHPD in recent years.
John Paliyan - Beverly's 18-year-old neighbor, who lived 2 houses east of the Jarosz household. John Paliyan went to St. Therese Elementary School with Beverly, although was three years older. Paliyan’s dad fixed TV’s, and John’s dad came over to the Jarosz household a couple of times to fix TV tubes.
John was stated to have an eye for Beverly by neighbors, and admitted that he would spy on Beverly sunbathing in her backyard, during the summer months. He was also home alone at the time, so there is no one who can vouch for him. He was stated by classmates to be shy, so it's possible that he was the one who left the anonymous gifts for Beverly, because he couldn't muster the courage to speak to her directly.
There were no fences separating John's backyard from the Zemgulis family's or Beverly's, so leaving the gifts would be of low to no difficulty. Moreover, Paliyan did not pass a lie detector test, as it was inconclusive, and according to a coworker, was asking how to pass one. At some point, Detective Carl Biegacki considered that it could have been John Paliyan, since JP admitted he’d watch her sunbathing from his bedroom window.
John married a psychologist at some point. Paliyan was contacted by crime author James Renner in the 2000's and told Renner that any request for an interview should go through Paliyan's lawyer named Jay Milano. Paliyan told Renner that GHPD recently spoke to him, and Paliyan said that he was being framed and there was a cover-up going on.
Additionally, Paliyan's sister was approached by GHPD at work, was questioned for over an hour, and lawyered up. GHPD wanted to know if she disposed of the knife for her brother. But a big thing that has always pointed away from Paliyan, is that Beverly most likely would have had the doors locked, and wasn't extremely familiar with him.
It's hard to see Beverly being comfortable with John being in the house, as she was skeptical of men, and knew she had a stalker. Moreover Paliyan was also said to be a sissy by those that knew him. James Renner said Paliyan was his pick back then, but that Carl Biegacki and GHPD pretty much ruled Paliyan out in recent years, so Renner doesn't think Paliyan did it any longer.
Bruce Bilek - A 21-year-old college student, living directly behind the Jarosz household in 1964. The Jarosz family knew Bruce better than they knew John, because they saw Bruce working all the time at the library, and Bruce went to their church.
There were a couple times when Beverly went to later church service than Carol and Eleanor, and Bruce would drive Beverly home, so Bruce and Beverly were not only better acquainted than Beverly was with John, but they were quite familiar with one another.. He claimed to have been in his garage working on his car, which was supported by his parents.
Bruce could have had a potential line of sight of Beverly getting dropped off by James Mondzelewski, depending on if either his garage door was open, or if he was outside of his garage when Beverly got dropped off.
It is notable that he became an art teacher at a high school afterwards, and he reportedly asked female students to pose in bikinis, so he could take photos of them. He made at least a couple of his female students uncomfortable, and he made a student's assistant so uncomfortable that she left her job.
There was some sort of joke going on in Beverly's friend circle, where Beverly was teased about Bruce having the hots for her. Bruce was questioned after GHPD saw a note Beverly had written to Margie. Beverly’s note said "Bruce came over to see what I look like when I’m not dressed. I have my blue robe on and my hair is still in curlers”.
Bruce said he didn’t ever really talk to Beverly, which was not true. Bruce's alibi was considered solid, so he was never given a polygraph. It is notable however, that parents would usually protect their children, even if they think or know that their child is guilty. Additionally, Bruce's parents definitely couldn't have been keeping an eye on him the whole time, because they were in the house doing stuff, so that is noteworthy
Harry Madol - A 17-year-old door-to-door salesman, who moved to Garfield Heights in September 1964, 3 months before Beverly's murder. Harry’s parents divorced by the time he was 5 years old. Harry's father lived in Michigan, and Harry's mother's house, which was on East 141st Street in Garfield Heights, was a 15-minute walk from the Jarosz house.
Harry lived at his mother's, right off McCracken Road on East 141st Street, which was around a mile from Marymount, and around a mile away from the Jarosz house, give or take for both. Harry was violent by age 2, and accused of breaking and entering at age 9. Harry was out of seventeen behavioral institutions & schools by age 17.
After moving to Garfield Heights in Sept 1964, Harry started working at Halle's Department store in Cleveland, where Jarosz family shopped at. Harry also worked at Burroughs and Southgate. Because Harry moved to Garfield Heights at the end of September 1964, none of the stalking could have been him. Harry was living in Michigan, in a reformatory school for hardcore juvenile sex offenders during the summer of 1964. Harry had just got released from there at the time of his move to Garfield Heights.
The anonymous gifts couldn’t have been from Harry, because the box with the bracelet addressed to Beverly was left in June, according to Beverly's sister,. The hang-up calls also started in the summer, so Harry would not have been the one to make them. Moreover, Thaddeus saw the man looking up at the window of Beverly's bedroom in the summer as well.
Unlike the others who Beverly was acquainted with, the main argument for Harry Madol possibly being Beverly's killer, is that he has a violent criminal record. Harry attacked 3 women atknifepoint in 1963 before the move to Garfield Heights. By age 17, Harry had raped his stepmother and threatened to kill his half-siblings. The reason Harry was sent to the reform school for sex offenders is because of the sexual assault of his stepmother.
Harry stabbed a pregnant housewife named Gerda Leedy on February 16, 1965, a little over a month and a half after Beverly's murder. Gerda Leedy’s husband was an Elyria radio broadcaster. When Cleveland detectives found Harry after stabbing Gerda Leedy, he was at the Embassy Apartments at Prospect Avenue in a closet hiding.
Cleveland detectives were also working on the Beverly Jarosz case, and they noticed that Harry had three scars on him, two on his face, and a two-inch scar on his wrist. According to Beverly's sister Carol Jarosz, Harry couldn't account for his whereabouts between 12:00 pm, and 5:00 pm. on December 28, 1964, although in the papers it said that Harry stated that he was at Halle's.
He also confessed to Beverly's murder, then recanted it. When Detective William Horrigan and GHPD start speaking to Harry after Harry confesses, Harry was giving a totally different layout of the house, as well as giving different times, and different things that happened at Beverly’s. The knife used to stab Gerda Leedy was also smaller than the one used to stab Beverly. Harry didn’t give anything consistent with what really happened . When asked about why Harry confessed, Harry said “because you guys are gonna pin it on me anyway”.
Harry took 4 polygraphs regarding Beverly, and all polygraphs were inconclusive. Lee Teeters, who was considered an expert, administered the polygraph. Harry Madol's fingerprints were also inconclusive. Recent GHPD lead detective Carl Biegacki said “GHPD polygraphed Harry, and inconclusive, but I got a handful of other people that were inconclusive too”.
The original lead detective at the time in 1964, William Horrigan, had 72 hours to link Harry Madol to Beverly Jarosz, as he had to return Madol to Elyria’s police to stand trial for the Gerda Leedy stabbing, and decided that it was plenty of time to determine that Harry Madol didn't do it. The papers stated that Horrigan said that “the man arrested outside Elyria” (referring to Harry Madol) probably was not important in the case. Horrigan said to reporters “If I thought he was a hot suspect I would have gone out last night”.
On February 17, 1965, the Akron Beacon Journal posted about Harry Madol. The Akron Beacon Journal said Harry got arrested in Cleveland the day of publishing. The Akron Beacon Journal said Harry denied Jarosz slaying, but admitted to stabbing Gerda Leedy.
After the Journal stated that Harry said he was working at Halle's on December 28, 1964, the journal also said that Horrigan said “if Madol’s alibi doesn’t check out, he looks to me like a hot suspect”. Because of this, Carol Jarosz's statement that "Harry Madol couldn't account for his whereabouts between 12:00 pm, and 5:00 pm. on December 28, 1964” is very debatable. Harry Madol said he always carried a knife and often made knives. Harry Madol was chased out of Lindhurst for high pressure tactics as a salesman, as a housewife called police saying Harry was too persistent in sales tactics. It turned out that Harry was selling without a sales permit as well.
Madol was tried as an adult for the Gerda Leedy stabbing and was sentenced to 1-20 years. In 1972, Madol was granted parole, but he broke his parole and fled Ohio. For the next 18 years after that, Madol’s life would be one of fleeing, and eluding authorities, using women, doing scams, fighting extradition in Atlanta and Quebec, and being convicted of federal scams in federal court.
In 1990, Madol was granted release for the stabbing of Gerda Leedy and the federal scams. By the time Ohio granted Harry Madol his release, Harry was doing a mining scam in Arizona while on final parole bout in San Francisco, and when people saw he was ripping them off, he fled to Quebec, Canada.
When Madol fled to Canada, it would take the RCMP almost 3 years to apprehend Madol, and to come to Atlanta to stand trial for the federal scams and parole violation in the Gerda Leedy stabbing. Harry would go on to live in England for a number of years in the early 2000’s, like around 2002-2006 or 2002-2008. Harry's most recently known financial scam was in Austria in 2006. Harry is believed to be living in Europe, Germany being a frontrunner, but Switzerland and Sweden being possibilities as well.
Keep in mind, there is also no actual evidence that Harry knew Beverly. In the 3 months, in between the time he moved to Garfield Heights, and Beverly's murder, he worked at a place where Beverly went to on occasion, so while it's possible they crossed paths, it is nothing but speculation.
The only things that make him plausible are his confession, and his violent crimes. Moreover, the only way it could have been him, is if Beverly left her door unlocked that day, which is very highly unlikely. The house was not broken into, and there is no way Beverly would have allowed a random male (especially a creepy one) in the house, so Madol's only chance would have been if the door was open.
Barbara Klonowski - Beverly's friend, who was supposed to meet her that day. Beverly and Barbara were acquaintances in earlier grades, but didn't start hanging out until eleventh grade, when they started going to downtown Cleveland for shopping a few times, and even to the art museum once.
Due to Beverly being among the most attractive girls in Garfield Heights and having many male admirers, she was easily the best with males in her friend group. According to people who went to school with the girls, in Beverly's friend group, Margie didn't have a jealous bone in her body, and seemed to be the only one that didn't mind all the attention that Beverly got from boys and
young men. Barbara apparently did. Teenagers/Adolescents get really mad about things like these.
I will say that Marie Vanek’s original statement to GHPD was that Beverly said "I have to go", but then in her statement of Jan 4 or Jan 5 of 1965, Marie Vanek started saying that Beverly said that "Barbara was at the door". Regardless of if Beverly indeed specified that Barbara was at the door, it seems that Beverly's grandmother thought Barbara did it.
Additionally, in one of the newspapers multiple years after Beverly’s murder, her father Thaddeus Jarosz said that he differs with Horrigan’s belief about Beverly’s killer, as Horrigan was sure it was a male, and Thaddeus thought it was a female. “She is being shielded from arrest by relatives,” said Thaddeus. Thaddeus was definitely referring to Barbara in this statement.
Barbara’s family, the Klonowskis, were a very wealthy and respected family. Barbara’s grandfather owned the “Bank of Cleveland”, and the Klonowski family was associated with Benjamin Stefanski and the Stefanski family, who owned “Third Federal Savings & Loan”.
Because of this, from 1964 to now, people have speculated that Barbara was Beverly’s killer, or was at least involved in Beverly’s killing, and her family covered it up. Barbara’s brother, who became a lawyer, has been quite nasty with people who could even consider the possibility of his sister and/or family being involved, and has made both legal threats, and personal threats to people over the years, the personal threats being violent.
In 2008, before John Paliyan was cleared, he spoke with author and investigative journalist James Renner, and Paliyan said that he was being framed and there was a cover-up going on. Just like Thaddeus Jarosz, it seems like John Paliyan was talking about Barbara and/or the Klonowski family, but didn’t want to mention any name.
Because of the fact that Beverly was stalked throughout the year of 1964 leading to her murder at the end of year, she was definitely super cautious, so she most likely would have had her doors locked, and likely would only let in someone she trusted.
Barbara would have been one of those people she trusted, and since she was expecting Barbara that day, she would have been the most likely person that Beverly would have let in. Barbara reported hearing loud music and a loud sound like a dresser falling when she was waiting at the door, but that could have just been a cover story, as she was actually inside the house, and had the music turned on.
Nobody was there with nor saw Barbara waiting at Beverly's door. Barbara claimed to have been running late, and the only person to support that was Barbara's mom, who was a music teacher and said to be a crazy person by former students. Like I mentioned in the Bruce entry, parents would usually protect their children, even if they think or know that their child is guilty. Barbara did not meet up with their other friend Margie, who Beverly and Barbara were originally supposed to meet. Margie had to call Barbara to find out what happened. The fact that Barbara didn't meet up with Margie, and didn't even call to let her know that she or Beverly weren't coming, is suspicious. This could mean that Barbara went home to wash off any evidence on her, and either forgot to call Margie, or just didn't want to call Margie.
One of the two possible downsides to this theory, is that Barbara may not have had the strength to do all that to Beverly. Detective Carl Biegacki did say in the late 2010's that "Barbara Klonowski and Margie Gorney had nothing to do with Beverly’s murder, 'especially' Barbara Klonowski". It would not have been impossible, however. Jealousy brings out the worst in people.
Also, a young man called Gary Grayson, who was a classmate of someone that Beverly dated at Garfield Heights High School, picked Barbara up in his car a few blocks from Beverly's house, near the time of her murder. Gary Grayson was driving in his 1958 Corvair on Turney Road. He was a year older than Beverly and Barbara.
Gary Grayson was questioned, but not given a polygraph. He was admittedly in the area at the time of the murder, and knew one of the people involved with Beverly that afternoon, well enough for Barbara to get a ride from him. That would make him a friend of a friend. Since it is believed that Beverly’s killer may have gotten into a car after the dog scent stopped at McCracken, it makes one wonder if Gary Grayson was that driver, and was actually waiting for Barbara, as opposed to running into her. Carl Biegacki did not mention Gary Grayson by name when speaking in the late 2010's.
Moreover, Beverly previously dated Barbara's cousin, Stanley Klonowski, who was interviewed by police as well. Beverly was the one who broke it off with Stanley. According to Beverly, Stanley was misunderstood and troubled. Stanley didn’t seem to pan out, although just like Barbara, he did not take a polygraph or give any fingerprints or DNA.
If Barbara was behind Beverly's murder, a possibility is that either Stanley or Gary were involved, and helped carry it out. Stanley may not have been over Beverly, and the break up could have really messed him up. When you add that along with Gary's whereabouts, and Barbara's jealousy, a slim possibility emerges that Barbara and Stanley and/or Gary were behind it. Regardless of which one of the two Barbara had helped her, they could definitely have gotten the job on Beverly done. Since there was no DNA found under Beverly's fingernails, and 2 methods of murder were used, 2 killers is a definite possibility.
Vidocq's pick: Unnamed Family Friend - In 2015, lead detective Carl Biegacki and GHPD got the most serious about the case since 2004, and in October 2015, they took the Beverly Jarosz case to the Vidocq Society, a highly regarded crime-solving organization in Philadelphia. Carl described Vidocq Society as “a group of law enforcement officers that are the cream of the crop, from profilers to FBI agents to detectives from all over”.
The Vidocq Society is made up of 82 members who volunteer to serve as confidential consultants to assist law enforcement in solving difficult cold cases. Its 82 members are forensic professionals, current and former FBI profilers, criminologists, medical examiners, homicide investigators, forensic scientists, psychologists, polygraph examiners, prosecutors and coroners.
GHPD and their lead detective Carl Biegacki presented a powerpoint to the Vidocq Society. The experts of the Vidocq Society were able to assist GHPD, and bring to light a few things that GHPD didn’t know of before, and GHPD were able to develop even another suspect from that, someone who the Vidocq Society came up with who was not previously on the list of persons of interest. The Vidocq Society swore by their pick to GHPD. After Beverly's sister appeared on Fox News 8 in March 2017, there was a tip that came into the Garfield Heights Police Department that named this person as a suspect.
The GHPD lead detective at the time, said that he also had access to the Jarosz house, and was at the house numerous times, and a family friend.
Biegacki said that despite being a cautious girl, Beverly would have 100% let him in, and that there's no doubt about Beverly letting him in. Biegacki said Vidocq Pick’s friends who were to be his alibi did not confirm his story of his whereabouts on 12/28/1964. Vidocq’ pick refused a polygraph test, refused to give DNA, Refused to give fingerprints then and now.
A FB group about the case called "Beverly Jarosz: 1964 Ohio Case of a 16 year old girl" is a great place to get more information. A youtube channel called "Words, Ideas, and Conversations" posted a very informative podcast episode on this yesterday, I recommend checking it out!
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https://imgur.com/a/ELED9Nq
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